Bottle-carrier.



No. 658,205. Patenfed sept. I8, mno. I E. H. N. cLAHKsoN.

i BOTTLE CARRIER.

(Application filed July 9, 1900.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD H. N. OLARKSON, OF LAURAVILLE, MARYLAND.

BOTTLE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATIN forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,205, datedSeptember18, 1900. Application filed Ju1y` 9, 1900. serai No. 22,999. (No modemTo all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD H. N. CLARK- sON, of Lauraville, inthe countyof Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvementsin Bottle-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

In the description of the said invention which follows reference is madeto the accom panying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which-Figure l is a top View of the improved bottle-carrier. Fig. 2 is asection of Fig. l,taken on the dotted line .r Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 areenlarged details of the bottle-carrier and hereinafter fully described.

Referring now to the drawings, A represents an open box consisting ofthe sides a, ends o, and the bottom c. The ends are bound to the sidesby bands d, of sheet metal, and the ends have the usual handle-holes f.

B and C are partitions which divide the box A into thebottle'compartments or pockets D. The partitions B are at a right anglewith the ones C, and where the partitions intersect they are halvedtogether in the ordinary manner, one strip being slotted from the topand the other from the bottom.

E E are posts, one being situated at each intersection of the partitionsB and C. VThese posts serve to hold the partitions in a positionconsiderably above the bottom c of the box, as is commoninbottle-carriers. The posts E have the usual slots g and h to receive,respectively, the partitions B and C, and in addition they are groovedlongitudinally at the corners, the grooves being denoted by j. Thepartitions where they intersect are cut out from the lower edge, and thespaces c formed thereby have a width corresponding .with the distanceacross the grooved corners of the posts and a depth that will bring thelower edges of the partitions well over the unslotted portion of theposts, as shown in Fig. 2. By this construction the partitions clamp theposts and prevent, to some extent, their tendency to split if struck aglancing blow by a bottle when inserting it in a pocket, and at the sametime the edges of the partitions adjoining the posts are held laterallyby the projecting lips m at the sides of the grooves j, and thepartitions may, therefore, be formed of thinner stu than is generally-used Without impairing their strength. In using thinner partitions theboxes are reduced both in length and width, which is a decided advantagein .stacking the carriers during will be seen that the octagonal pocketsD have sides of equal length. This construction serves to keep thebottles steadier than where the sides of the pockets formed by the postsE are shorter than those formed by the partition-strips, the bottles inthe construction shown having less movement diagonally of the box.

I claim as myinvention;

l. In a bottle-carrier comprising bottlepockets formed by partitions atright angles, and posts situated where the partitions intersect, whichare slotted out to receive the said partitions, the said partitions cutout at the lower edge toform spaces of a width equal to the distanceacross the corners of the posts, so as to admit of the partitions beingpassed down and over the posts below the slots in which the partitionsare seated, substantially as, and for the purpose specified.

2. In a bottle-carrier comprising bottlepooket-s formed by partitions atright angles, and posts situated at the intersection of the partitions,which posts are slotted to receive the said partitions, the said postsgrooved longitudinally .at their corners below the bottom of the slotsin which the partitions rest, and the said partitions cut out so as toclamp the postsacross their corners, the edges of the partitionsadjoining the posts resting in the said grooves, substantially as, andfor the purpose specified.

EDWARD H. N. CLARKSON.

Witnesses:

OREGON MILTON DENNIS, WM. T. HOWARD'.

